Zerfenti school

Zerfenti School is a public school for pre-schooling (grade 0) and grades 1 through 8 in Zerfenti, Addi Azmera, Dogu’a Tembien, Tigray, Ethiopia.[2]

Zerfenti school
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Location
Zerfenti school
Zerfenti

Addi Azmera municipality
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Coordinates13.6373°N 39.2987°E / 13.6373; 39.2987
Information
TypePublic School
School districtDogu’a Tembien
Staff12 teachers
Grades1 – 8
GenderCo-Educational
Number of students350
LanguageTigrinya, English
Data pertaining to2019[1]

Description

Zerfenti school
First class rooms

The Zerfenti School has 5 class rooms in stone buildings. As of 2019, the school had 350 students, 184 girls and 166 boys.[2] There were:

  • 36 students in one class in Grade 0
  • 56 students in one class in Grade 1
  • 49 students in one class in Grade 2
  • 39 students in one class in Grade 3
  • 41 students in one class in Grade 4
  • 38 students in one class in Grade 5
  • 34 students in one class in Grade 6
  • 30 students in one class in Grade 7
  • 28 students in one class in Grade 8

Over the last 20 years, important efforts have been done to increase schooling in Tigray, particularly of girls.[3] The large intake in primary schools in Ethiopia over the last decades has led to lack of classrooms.[4] Hence, classes take place through shifts (morning and afternoon).

Water and sanitation

In 2018, there was no water available on the school terrain. They used water from the village hand-dug well with handpump.

Zerfenti water point
Clothes change place for adolescent girls

There is a change room for girls handling menstrual hygiene;[2] the main aim is preventing adolescent girls dropping out from school.[5][6][7] Up to 2018, there was no toilet building.[2]

Ecosan toilets at Zerfenti school

In 2019, the School WatSani project has built an Ecosan toilet building at this school.[8][9] Through nudging approach, the students are sensitised for using the sanitation and water facilities.[8]

Transportation

All children travel to school on foot. Many students will walk more than an hour (some even two hours), twice a day, to come to school.[2]

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See also

References

  1. Jeroen Berloo, 2019. Update to baseline study about water and sanitation in eight selected schools by the project ‘School – Watsani’ in the Woreda Dogu’a Tembien. HOWest, Bruges, Belgium.
  2. Goele Treuttens and Linde Van Der Vurst, 2018. Baseline study about water and sanitation in ten selected schools by the project ‘School – Watsani’ and in the community around the schools in ten different villages in the Woreda Dogu’a Tembien. HOWest, Bruges, Belgium.
  3. Mjaaland, T., 2013. At the frontiers of change? Women and girls’ pursuit of education in north-western Tigray, Ethiopia. The University of Bergen. http://bora.uib.no/handle/1956/6361
  4. Hartjen, C.A. and Priyadarsini, S., 2012. Denial of Education. In The Global Victimization of Children (pp. 271-321). Springer, Boston, MA. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-2179-5_8 .
  5. Wilberg, J., 2004. Female education in Tigray, Ethiopia. UMB, Norway. p. 104 http://www.umb.no/statisk/noragric/publications/master/2004_jeanett_wilberg.pdf
  6. Socio-demographic profile, food insecurity and food-aid based response. In: Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. 2019. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
  7. What do we hear from the farmers in Dogu'a Tembien? [in Tigrinya]. Hagere Selam, Ethiopia. 2016. p. 100.
  8. Griet Verrewaere, 2019. Report of latrine use and behaviour amongst students - The nudging approach at School-Watsani. HOWest, Bruges, Belgium.
  9. Reubens, B. and colleagues (2019). Research-Based Development Projects in Dogu'a Tembien. In: Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains — The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-04955-3_30. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
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